installing multiple copies of the same os with TI 2011

Yes, it's possible. Keep in mind that you may need to adjust/tweak whatever boot manager you're using so it sees everything. I recommend creating an Entire Disk Image backup of the drive before starting on the process. This allows you an easy return to the "before" state if you need it.

Thanks much MudCrab. Been a few year since I've been here, but I see you're still around, helping people out as usual :)
I only intend on using Windows 7 on this machine so I saw no reason to use anything other than the default win 7 loader, which can be easily tweaked to pick up additional OS installations.

My main concern was with making duplicate installations of the same OS, on the same drive. Do I need to hide the duplicate OS installations from each other, like I use to with XP and Vista multiboots? I mean if the original is installed with C: as the second partion, and I back it up and then restore it to the 3rd & 4th partitions, will the 2nd & 3rd win 7 get confused and also think the main partition C: is also the second partition, meaning multiple OS's will end up thinking they are all installed on the same partition and thus read / write from that partition?)

Any help mucho appreciated!

John Brown

I definately prefer to hide the OS partitions from each other. If you're using the Windows boot manager, the best you can do is to not assign the other OS partitions drive letters.

You need to restore as Active and TI should take care of the drive letter and booting changes. If you do need to change the drive letter assignment, you can do this easily using DD 11.